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MikeEnRegalia ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 21554 |
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^ They're definitely not "Neo Prog". TFK are what should be called "Prog-Revival", Echolyn are more Art Rock, and Spock's Beard are their own new breed of post-symphonic Beatlesesque Prog.
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20301 |
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I remember when E, tFK & SB all burst on to the scene around the mid to late 90's, they all came to play for the CRS in Rotherham (I remember seeing the latter two there myself) and at the time, NONE of them were ever put in the same category as the Neo bands who made up much of their programming... even then, they were considered to be under the Symphonic Prog banner, and this has never changed.
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Logan ![]() Forum & Site Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37107 |
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I ask because this has come up quite a number of times, just to be clear, since I have not read the book, while that book covers more than Neo-Prog, and from what I understood of it, its emphasis was on Symphonic Prog generally, does the book specifically refer to Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard as Neo-Prog? Is it in a section on Neo-Prog? I don't think many people here at this forum would think of those bands as Neo-Prog, and I have mostly seen that sentiment from you, Paul. This has seemed an old canard that might be best put to rest. |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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We have a match on six favourite bands. Comedy of Errors and This Winter Machine almost made it onto my Top 12 list too.
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4624 |
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Here is my top 11 bands off the top of my head:
1. Galahad 2. Nine Skies 3. Drifting Sun 4. Frost* 5. Pallas 6. Pendragon 7. This Winter Machine 8. IQ 9. Comedy of Errors 10. Collage 11. Marillion |
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 29352 |
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1. IQ (best album ''Ever'')
2. Magenta (best album ''Seven'') 3. Frost* (best album ''Day and Age'') 4. Marillion (best album ''Seasons End'') 5. Galahad (best album ''The Last Great Adventurer'') 6. Arena (best album ''The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance'') 7. Lifesigns (best album ''Lifesigns'') 8. Mystery (best album ''Delusion Rain'') 9. Pendragon (best album ''Love Over Fear'') 10. Pallas (best album ''The Dreams Of Men'') 11. Barock Project (best album ''Time Voyager'') 12. The Far Meadow (best album ''Foreign Land'') * 'best' meaning ''preferred'' |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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Having spent the last two years (on and off) listening to all of the 120 albums in the above list, here's my rough and ready Top 12 of Neo Prog bands (which took all of five minutes to assemble this morning).
![]() 01. Magenta 02. Knight Area 03. Osiris 04. Clepsydra 05. Collage 06. Iluvatar 07. Pallas 08. Pendragon 09. Galahad 10. IQ 11. Arena 12. Marillion
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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Yes, that's the one. It's so good, I read it twice!
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Gentle and Giant ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2019 Location: Blackpool Status: Offline Points: 4624 |
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Paul, do you mean this book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Citizens-Hope-Glory-Story-Progressive/dp/1848681909 I've got and read this book and it's not just Neo-prog ![]() |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard were all prominently featured in Stephen Lambe's book on the history of Neo Prog: Citizens of Hope and Glory.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 29352 |
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I doubt that is the case Paul as those bands are not Neo Prog and so no one would expect to see them in such a list anyway.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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I own just four albums in RYM's Top 120 list and they're all by Marillion.
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omphaloskepsis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 6779 |
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My Neo-prog tastes align more with PA's top 120. I own 26 albums off of RYM's list.
I've been digging K2 - Book of the Dead this month.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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In the vast Arena of Neo Prog, this fully updated Top 120 list (courtesy of RYM) has been two years in the making, so let's hope it doesn't turn out to be a Comedy of Errors. Fans of Arena, IQ, Marillion & Pendragon will surely be delighted to see their favourite bands all well-represented here in the Top 30, but I have a feeling fans of Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard are going to be left feeling very disappointed.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 29352 |
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its an album that improves and gets better as it goes along, I think I've given it 2 stars mainly because I dislike Kayleigh and Lavender I looked up my old review but not sure I would subscribe to it now. I was on a bit of a Marillion hate thing at the time also giving Script 2 stars (which I was actually told off by admin for ![]() EDIT - gave it 4 stars weirdly , not my recollection at all ![]() Edited by richardh - June 22 2023 at 07:41 |
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miamiscot ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3618 |
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Neo Prog? Gimme Yuka & Chronoship!!! (No one has mentioned them yet...)
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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Misplaced ratings maybe? It's my least favourite Marillion album, although it's one of six Marillion albums in my CD collection. ![]() |
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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 5223 |
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That maybe because they’re not really Neo?…… |
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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 5223 |
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Misplaced Childhood 3 stars??!!🤔🤬🤣
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43231 |
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My entire Neo Prog collection on CD, including the first four albums in the Neo Prog Top 120. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 17 2023 at 05:22 |
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